Senior Materials Engineer

Job description / Role

The Senior Materials Engineer is part of the shared services team and will be providing all necessary assistance to the construction team with respect to all materials submittals, approvals, testing, sampling, etc. He will participate in the quality control of materials including all the laboratory and field testing, acceptance of used materials, checking and accepting all remedial and corrective measures.

Job Responsibilities:
- Review and approve (make recommendation for approval by SRE) of all submitted materials by the contractor.
- Ensure compliance of used materials with the project’s specifications.
- Participate in construction quality control.
- Supervise, participate and direct sampling and testing of all materials according to the contract and the specifications.
- Analyze the test results in a timely manner and recommend action to the Senior Resident Engineer.
- Maintain records of test results and all taken corrective actions.
- Track and review the site testing and certificates of compliance.
- Ensure very close and clear coordination of his team activities with the other construction supervision staff.
- Follow up and verify implementation of corrective actions.
- Coordinate the review and approval of specialty and other high profile materials with PWA/PMC and other stakeholders as directed by the SRE.
- Ensure inspection and checking of all delivered materials to site for conformance to the project requirements and approval.

Requirements

- BSc Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent. Degree shall be obtained from North America, W. Europe, Australia or equivalent University.
- Chartered Status/Professional License is preferred. Chartered, Licensed or Professional certification shall be obtained from North America, W. Europe, Australia or equivalent.
- Min of 14 postgraduate years of experience and a min. of 5 years of similar work experience on large infrastructure projects.
- Min of 5 years of experience working in North America, W. Europe, Australia or equivalent.
- Regional experience is preferred.
- Qualified professional who can manage and coordinate specialized activity, discipline or team of moderate size and complexity.
- Leads in the formulation of advanced technical concepts.
- Provides specialist services in support of project requirements.
- Independently performs highly complex professional assignments demanding contributions calling for the application of specialized principles.

About the Company

Parsons is a leader in many diverse markets such as infrastructure, transportation, water, telecommunications, aviation, commercial, environmental, planning, industrial manufacturing, education, healthcare, life sciences and homeland security.

Parsons provides technical and management solutions to federal, regional and local government agencies as well as private industries worldwide.